Netflix on Tivo... anyone like it?

Frustrating. Every time my wife and I go to look for a movie to watch on Netflix via Roamio. It seems like a terrible user interface. Am I missing something, or is this the general consensus?

And the addition of profiles... actually terrible! It was better off when it just went to the main profile and had no other option. I could set it for Kids and they were fine. My wife and I could have our profile online and that was that. Now anyone can pick any profile on Tivo, and have access to any movies they want. Was anyone thinking when they added profile support? Why the heck isn't NetFlix providing PIN access to each profile and Tivo supporting it in the app?

I think it is pretty good. It it the same interface as on my Xbox and Roku so using any of them is very consistent with each other. I use profiles and don't mind the prompt. It may be like the Netflix kids prompt and go away after it learns who you are.

This is the UI Netflix it standardizing on almost all devices going forward. I think it works fine.

One hint Netflix search is integrated into TiVo search so you can use the regular TiVo search to find something and then if it's on Netflix it will have a little Netflix icon and an option that will launch the app and start playing that program.

I really dislike the new Netflix on all devices. Thanks to glasses I have excellent vision and still struggle to read the information so I dread to think how others with inferior vision feel. Hate the autoplay feature. Hate the controls. I do like profiles but you are right they need pin-access control.

We just upgraded from (2) TivoHD to a Roamio Plus and a Mini. Have nee using it to watch Netflix a lot in recent weeks. Very happy with the improved UI and the speed of operation. Also very pleased with the SuperHD feed from Netflix. Roamio receives a 1080p stream where TivoHD was usually 720p. FWIW, we have Comcast internet at 35 x 5 mbps.

I really dislike the new Netflix on all devices. Thanks to glasses I have excellent vision and still struggle to read the information so I dread to think how others with inferior vision feel. Hate the autoplay feature. Hate the controls. I do like profiles but you are right they need pin-access control.

OT - the new youtube apps on all devices sucks as well.

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I've not had any problems reading the text. Even on a smaller 40" TV my GF has, the text seems very legible from 10 or 12 feet away. My vision is around 20/30. I can view it without issue from even farther away. If anything the text seems on the larger side to me.

No, I don't like it.... I LOVE it. My biggest problem is my family is using Netflix so much with superHD encodes that we are going way over our Cox ISP 250GB cap each month now, so I have to tell family members to stop watching Netflix so much. (I know you can change your account quality preferences but I like best quality possible and superHD streams look better than most of my Cox "HD" channels). So far Cox has only sent emails warning us when we go over the limit, but hasn't otherwise charged extra or throttled our service.

I am quite happy with the new Netflix on the Roamio and Mini, my only issue would be that I don't like some of the control/zoom layout things, for example, once an episode ends, during the credits when it gets minimized into a PiP window I can't re-select it.

We almost never used Netflix on the TiVoHD or Premiere because it was torture. We now use it on the Roamio at least a few times a week, catching up on lots and lots of shows and the quality is very good.

This is the UI Netflix it standardizing on almost all devices going forward. I think it works fine.

One hint Netflix search is integrated into TiVo search so you can use the regular TiVo search to find something and then if it's on Netflix it will have a little Netflix icon and an option that will launch the app and start playing that program.

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The integrated search is wonderful. It'd be even better if it also had Amazon (streaming) in its search results. Bt since we don't get amazon streaming...

I like the profiles interface a ton, but I can understand a desire for PIN control. That said, the prior Kids vs not-Kids could easily be switched/chosen as well, so I'm not sure why anyone would single the new UI out for this.

I am quite happy with the new Netflix on the Roamio and Mini, my only issue would be that I don't like some of the control/zoom layout things, for example, once an episode ends, during the credits when it gets minimized into a PiP window I can't re-select it.

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Left-arrow, up, up (to get the cursor into the PIP credits) and then select (I think) will bring back the full screen credits and "next episode" highlights.

One thing I don't like is the inability to manually filter content. You can search and you can look through their long list of presented categories, but in the iPad app and on the website you can actually filter the list manually by picking a category from the menu at the top. I don't see a way to do that in the TV based apps.